THE PRINCE OF WALES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19277, 15 September 1924, Page 8

THE PRINCE OF WALES

HIS TERRIBLE ORDEAL. LONDON, August 31. There has heen a wide discussion of an American despatch purporting to describe an outburst by the Prince of Wales to a passenger on the Berengaria at 3 a.m. "Can you imagine the torment of having the eye of every person boring into you every second of' the day?" the Prince is reported to have asked. " I hate this ' bunk.' It is loathsome. I have to go through endless and meaningless ceremonies." The editor of the People, Mr Hannen Swaffer, has issued an appeal to give the Prince a chance. He says that it is easy to understand the Southampton incident, when he refused to be photographed, even after 50 newspaper representatives signed a round-robin asking him to appear on deck. He asserts that the Prince fled from Toquet and Deauville in order to avoid the curious crowds there. The Prince appealed to the photographers, saving, "Please go away, I am sick to death. I can't have one day to myself." , Mr Swaffer contrasts the Prince s life with that of his grandfather, when the latter's frequent visits to the National Sporting Club were not mentioned, and he could do anything lift, liked without any attention. Constant photographing and paragraphing has got on the Prince's nerves, and it is no wonder, that he is looking nervous and over-strained. It is inconceivable that any human being can endure it much longer, says Mr Swaffer.